Muslim's family tradition

[northstar]

Thanks so much, l feel l am amongst friends!!

 

[northstar]

here is a little more about rape and peodophilia-

May 19, 2006

Pakistan: Muslim Child Bride, Aged 9, Seeks Divorce

Yesterday, a nine year old girl who had been forced into a marriage appeared in a family court in Dera Ghazi Khan, in Punjab Province, Pakistan. She filed a petition demanding that her husband and his father be tried under Islamic Law.

The girl, Nusrat, had ben married off as part of a compensation package, known as vani. The family of domestic patriarch Allah Diwaya had been angered by the behaviour of Nusrat's brother, Abdul Shafoor. Her brother's crime was to have had an affair with a female member of Allah Diwaya's family.

Allah Diwaya called a panchayat or "Muslim village council", to settle the issue of the "crime" of Nusrat's brother. The panchayat commanded Nusrut's father to give her away to a son of Allah Diwaya, called Shaukat Hussain, in vani marriage.

Shaukat Hussain then proceeded to sexually abuse her for a month, Nusrat's petition statement claimed. She states that she was forced to undergo a marriage ceremony with Shaukat Hussain, and claims that he later produced marriage documents. These claimed she had been 18 at the time of the wedding. Her "husband" had obtained these documents as the result of a bribe. The imam who conducted their matrimonial rites was named as Maulvi Manzoor Hussain.

In Nusrat's petition, she said that she would rather die than return to the family of Allah Diwaya and her husband. She claimed that her husband's relatives did not treat her well, but her father managed to negotiate with the family, and brought his daughter back home.

The child is asking for her husband, Shaukat Hussain, and Allah Diwaya to be tried under Islamic Law.

Vani was made illegal in late 2004, becoming law in early 2005. In North-West Frontier Province, vani is called swara. The marriage is illegal under Pakistan law on account of vani and also because the child is underage legally for marriage.

Nusrat's brother is also suing Shaukat Hussain, Allah Diwaya, and the imam, Maulvi Manzoor Hussain, for fraud. The parties concerned have been given a summons to return to the court on May 29.

sad, isn't it the Muslim family culture...I wonder how Allah sees this...

 

[Devin Baldo]

some are better then others

It is clear that physical has both mental and physical consequences for women. Violence is unexceptable except as a last resort where a man is in physical danger from his wife. It seems that many men in the middle east lack the ability to effectively communicate with their wifes and as such need to resort to violence to communicate a simple disapproval of his wifes actions. It is clear that this is a male dominance issue and men take it upon themselves to hurt physically or psychologically in order to maintain the structure which is the dominant one in their society. I was disiplined as a child and as such i can tell you it does not achieve anything except to create a range of phychological issues that cannot be deemed honrable for any individuals. Any man can raise his fist or weapon to assert dominance not everyman can use his words and logic to achieve this. Western societies have allowed women to organize against violence and change our perceptions but this is our unique cultural bias. As such violence is wrong, intimidation is wrong, and the patriarchal societies of the middle east are far from realizing and implementing commen western(not necessarily correct)| understanding.

 

[northstar]

Wow.. Couldn't have said it better myself!!!! Right on!

 

[Kreskin]

I see everyone is getting along just fine in here.

 

[Colpy]

Yeah you can go to hell. You like to read what you like on this board now. They are talking about a veil not a burka which is the top of the headdcress. Stop trying to put your western antimuslim crap down the throats of Muslim people. The Burka is a religious item, the veil can go, however it is not oppressive at all, especially in western society.

Maybe we should have Christian church leaders go to prison for the crimes against humanity committed against Residential school children. Get real.

Muslim people commit abuses against women just as much as a Christian or a Jew or a Hindu person would and it has nothing to do with writing in the Koran but some perceived notion that some contextualize.

This is about the most arrogant, idiotic, and downright ridiculous post I have read here.

Go back and watch the video....................